Video posted to You Tube from a live camera set up by the Tokyo Electric Power Company shows the camera at the plant shaking as the quake hit around 2:25am local time. (Note: This is a time compressed version of the event running at 20x regular speed–see timecode up top. A 2x version of the same event does not appear to be available.)

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In March 2011, a massive magnitude 9.0 earthquake created a tsunami which killed more than 15,000 people and caused reactor meltdowns at Fukushima. Two of the reactors, 5 and 6, were not operational at the time of the tsunami and were not damaged. Those are the two which Prime Minister Abe ordered decommissioned yesterday.